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Title: Low refractive index surface layers and related methods

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method for forming a low refractive index layer on a substrate. The method generally includes (a) applying a block copolymer layer on a substrate, the block copolymer including a polar polymeric block and a non-polar polymeric block; (b) swelling the block copolymer layer with a solvent to increase the block copolymer layer thickness; (c) depositing a metal oxide or metalloid oxide layer on polar polymeric blocks of the block copolymer layer; and (d) removing the block copolymer layer from the substrate, thereby forming a porous metal oxide or metalloid oxide layer on the substrate.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
2222150
Patent Number(s):
11725275
Application Number:
15/649,448
Assignee:
UChicago Argonne, LLC (Chicago, IL)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C23 - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL C23C - COATING METALLIC MATERIAL
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 07/13/2017
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Shevchenko, Elena, Berman, Diana, and Guha, Supratik. Low refractive index surface layers and related methods. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Shevchenko, Elena, Berman, Diana, & Guha, Supratik. Low refractive index surface layers and related methods. United States.
Shevchenko, Elena, Berman, Diana, and Guha, Supratik. Tue . "Low refractive index surface layers and related methods". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/2222150.
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